In this lesson, you will find Russian expressions used to tell about your knowledge of a language you will learn:

How to conjugate Russian regular verbs

Negatiation in Russian

I. Meet new people

Listen and check the correct variant:

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Record 1

True

False

1. Her name is Ann.

2. She is from Russia.

3. She speaks French.

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Record 2

True

False

1. He is from Australia.

2. He is a student.

3. He speaks Russian and French.

II. Do you speak Russian?

a) Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the nouns' endings:

Я говорю по-русски.[ya gavaryoo paroosski]

I speak Russian

Ты говоришь по-русски.[ti gavarish paroosski]

You speak Russian

Он говорит по-русски.[on gavarit paroosski]

He speaks Russian

Мы говорим по-русски.[mi gavarim paroosski]

We speak Russian

Вы говорите по-русски.[vi gavariti paroosski]

You speak Russian

Они говорят по-русски.[ani gavaryat paroosski]

They speak Russian

Russian verbs conjugation

Russian verbs conjugate, i.e. they change their forms according to the person and number of the subject in the sentence. In general, they change their endings, but some other changes are also possible. The very first thing you should know about Russian verbs is that there are two patterns of verbs endings, called the first conjugation and the second conjugation.

The first conjugation includes verbs that have endings -еть and -ать in the infinitive. The present tense forms of these verbs (except the first person singular and the third person plural) usually have the letter "e" (sometimes ё) in the ending. For example, take a look of the present tense conjugation for the verb понимать understand:

The majority of verbs of the second conjugation includes have endings -ить in the infinitive. The present tense forms of these verbs (except the first person singular and the third person plural) usually have the letter "и" in the ending. Take a look of the present tense conjugation for the verb говорить to speak:

Я говорю
Ты говоришь
Он говорит
Мы говорим
Вы говорите
Они говорят

b) Associate personal pronouns and verb froms:

Listen to the phrases. Drag the English phrases from the list below and drop them into the corresponding fields.

Я

Ты

Он

Мы

Вы

Они

4понимаем

1говорю

6понимают

5говорите

3понимает

2говоришь

с) Conjugate (orally) the following Russian verbs and check yourself:

читать (I conjugation) [chitat]

Check yourself

звонить (II conjugation) [zvanit]

Check yourself

III. Do you speak Russian well?

a) Listen and repeat after the speaker:

Transcription

говорить

[gavarit]

to speak

понимать

[panimat]

to understand

по-русски

[parooski]

in Russian

по-английски

[paangliyski]

in English

по-французски

[pafrantsooski]

in French

по-немецки

[panimyetski]

in German

хорошо

[harasho]

well

плохо

[ploha]

badly

немного

[nimnoga]

a little

b) Listen to the Russian words and choose the right translation from the list: